Archive for February, 2008

  • I could have gone a couple of different ways with the title, including “You alright! I learned it from watching you!” and “I’m not the one with a problem, you...

    Might As Well Face It, You’re Addicted To Control Languages

    I could have gone a couple of different ways with the title, including “You alright! I learned it from watching you!” and “I’m not the one with a problem, you...

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  • Back in 2000, I wrote an article entitled “Parsing With Precision” for Network World Magazine. The gist of the article is that x86-based load balancers were going the way of...

    ASIC Debate Redux

    Back in 2000, I wrote an article entitled “Parsing With Precision” for Network World Magazine. The gist of the article is that x86-based load balancers were going the way of...

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  • If you’re like me, not long after you learned about the IP protocol, someone told you about the eminent IP address crisis. For me, it was the late 90′s, and...

    IPV6: The Sky Is Falling

    If you’re like me, not long after you learned about the IP protocol, someone told you about the eminent IP address crisis. For me, it was the late 90′s, and...

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  • I received an email from a previously unmentioned-by-me vendor named Exceliance.  Based outside of Paris, France, they provide an HA Proxy/LVS-based appliance, and boast the HA Proxy’s author as it’s...

    New SLB Vendor: Exceliance of Paris, France

    I received an email from a previously unmentioned-by-me vendor named Exceliance.  Based outside of Paris, France, they provide an HA Proxy/LVS-based appliance, and boast the HA Proxy’s author as it’s...

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  • There was a post today on the lb-l mailing list asking about alternatives to Cisco’s CSS. This is part of a trend I’ve noticed lately, where people who have an...

    Cisco CSS Replacements

    There was a post today on the lb-l mailing list asking about alternatives to Cisco’s CSS. This is part of a trend I’ve noticed lately, where people who have an...

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  • Sorry for the reference to lol cats, but unfortunately I am incapable of helping myself. F5 released their new blade-chassis box, the VIPRION, a few weeks ago. The VIPRION boasts...

    Oh Hai! I Are Ginormous!

    Sorry for the reference to lol cats, but unfortunately I am incapable of helping myself. F5 released their new blade-chassis box, the VIPRION, a few weeks ago. The VIPRION boasts...

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  • Radware recently announced a new SIP offering, The SIP Director ADC (Application Delivery Controller).  See full press release here.

    Radware SIP Load Balancer

    Radware recently announced a new SIP offering, The SIP Director ADC (Application Delivery Controller).  See full press release here.

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  • Speaking of Windows executable application delivery (WEAD?), KEMP released a new version of their LoadMaster code geared towards users of Windows Terminal Services. Brian Madden put up a good article...

    KEMP In The News

    Speaking of Windows executable application delivery (WEAD?), KEMP released a new version of their LoadMaster code geared towards users of Windows Terminal Services. Brian Madden put up a good article...

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  • With more frequency, I’m being approached by vendors with news and announcements, so starting now I will be posting press releases/announcements that vendors forward to me and would like to...

    Vendor News and Press Releases

    With more frequency, I’m being approached by vendors with news and announcements, so starting now I will be posting press releases/announcements that vendors forward to me and would like to...

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  • I got the chance to talk to Brian MaddenBeruhmte casino. today, who runs the Citrix uber-site brianmadden.com, which is a great resource for all things Citrix/Virtualization/Application Delivery.  We were talking...

    Another Definition For Application Delivery

    I got the chance to talk to Brian MaddenBeruhmte casino. today, who runs the Citrix uber-site brianmadden.com, which is a great resource for all things Citrix/Virtualization/Application Delivery.  We were talking...

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